Improvement in fan attachments



W. M. VESTAL. Fan Attachment.

No. 222,968. Patented Dec. 23,1879.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER M. VESTAL, OF MARGELLA FALLS, TENNESSEE.

IMPROVEMENT IN FAN ATTACHMENTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 222,968, dated December 23, 1879; application filed August 19, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER M. VESTAL, of Marcella Falls, in the county of Lawrence and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and Improved Fan Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to construct and arrange rods and levers by which motion can be given to a number of fans suspended over a table or elsewhere, for the purpose of keeping or driving flies away and imparting an agreeable motion to the air.

The invention consists of a treadle, levers, and connecting-rods, that are operated to move fans that are suspended on horizontal rods from vertical swinging rods.

The drawing represents a perspective view of the device.

In the drawing, A represents a treadle pivoted on a pin, a, and having attached to it a lever, B, whose fulcrum is at I). From the other end of this lever the rod 0 extends upward and connects with the bent lever D, that is fulcrumed on rod 0 of the hanger E, that depends from the ceiling of the room. The connecting-rod F connects the lower end of this lever D with the swinging rods G G, that depend from screw-eyes made fast in the ceiling, and from one to the other of these swinging rods the horizontal rods H H are extended, from which the fans I I depend. The connections between the swinging and the horizontal rods are loose, not rigid, so that thelatter may move freely in a horizontal plane, and the fans are preferably rigidly connected with said horizontal rod.

Any one sitting at the table can, by placing afoot upon the treadle, transmit motion to the fans through their connections, herein shown and described, so that flies and other insects will be driven away, and the air be agreeably moved and disturbed.

The device is simple, cheap, easily set up, and most easily operated. and by its use in warm weather the comfort and plea-sure of those at the table are greatly augmented.

The lever B may be placed under the floor, if desired, and the rod G within the wall, the other parts being modified for this purpose, and the swinging and horizontal rods may be single or double.

I am aware that combinations of rods and levers have been devised for the operation of fans, but am not aware that this particular combination, or anything so simple as this, has ever before been known; hence I do not broadly claim the levers and rods but,

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The within-described combination of treadle A, lever B, rod 0, bent lever D, hanger E, connecting-rod F, swinging rods G G, horizontal rods H H, and fans I I, substantially as and for the purpose described.

' WALTER MALLORY VESTAL.

Witnesses:

A. O. WILLIAMS, H. H. HoPsoN. 

